Maryland Aloft
Author : Edmund Preston
Publisher :
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 12,31 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Transportation
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Author : Edmund Preston
Publisher :
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 12,31 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Transportation
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Author : John R. Breihan
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 46,61 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738567006
Maryland is home to a number of aviation firsts: the first manned balloon ascent in the Western Hemisphere in 1784, the first aircraft carrier during the Civil War, the first airport and flight school at College Park, and the first commuter airline. The state has also been home to a number of aircraft manufacturers. These include Glenn L. Martin in Baltimore and Kreider-Reisner, later Fairchild, in Hagerstown, as well as Ercoupe, Berliner-Joyce, North American, and Curtiss-Caproni. Numerous civilian airfields and military air bases dot the Old Line State from the mountains in the west across the Chesapeake Bay to the Eastern Shore. This collection of historic photographs from a number of sources depicts Maryland's aviation pioneers, the manufacturing companies and the famous airplanes they built, and the state's airports and bases.
Author : Pete Fusco
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 25,44 MB
Release : 2018-01-02
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1510728201
An adventure-filled romp through one of aviation’s most notable, dangerous and entertaining pursuits: airshows! In the early days of aviation, all flights were airshows. Spectators gathered whenever a new flying machine attempted to leave the ground—the trick was to get them to pay. Takeoffs and landings did not sell tickets but people lined up, money in hand, to watch a “dip of death,” in which an aviator would dive from as high as he or she dared and pull up at the last second. Risk always sells and flying was man’s riskiest endeavor yet. From the start the “exhibition pilots” stood out. Everything about an aerobatic routine requires a degree of skill and a commitment to practice inconceivable to even most pilots, presenting innumerable risks to life and limb. And with risk, often, comes tragedy. The Crowd Pleasers is a sweeping history of air show accidents beginning in 1910 with the death of Charles Rolls, co-founder of Rolls-Royce, and ending in the present day. It brings to light some of the most notable air show accidents of all time and explores the aviators behind them. Their stories, their motivations. In so doing, it illuminates the role played by choice, social circumstance and fate in these often devastating accidents, and the lives attached to them. A must-read for all aviation buffs.
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Page : 300 pages
File Size : 31,13 MB
Release : 1995-10
Category : Storms
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Author : Barry A. Lanman
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 26,26 MB
Release : 2006-05-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 0759114307
Preparing the Next Generation of Oral Historians is an invaluable resource to educators seeking to bring history alive for students at all levels. The anthology opens with chapters on the fundamentals of oral history and its place in the classroom, but its heart lies in nearly two dozen insightful personal essays by educators who have successfully incorporated oral history into their own teaching. Filled with step by step descriptions and positive student feedback, these chapters offers practical suggestions on creating curricula, engaging students, gathering community support, and meeting educational standards. Lanman and Wendling open each chapter with thoughtful questions that guide readers, whether unfamiliar with oral history or seeking to refine their approach, in applying the examples to their own classrooms. The bibliography of further resources at the anthology's close provides interested educators with all the information necessary to transform their lessons and show their students' history's power as a living force within their own lives and communities.
Author : United States. Weather Bureau
Publisher :
Page : 880 pages
File Size : 16,39 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Meteorology
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Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,26 MB
Release : 1909
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Author : Judy Colbert
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 19,95 MB
Release : 2010-05-18
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0762763353
Insiders' Guide to Baltimore is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to the Maryland's largest city. Written by a local (and true insider), this guide offers a personal and practical perspective of Baltimore and its surrounding environs.
Author : United States. Weather Bureau
Publisher :
Page : 970 pages
File Size : 10,90 MB
Release : 1957
Category : Meteorology
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Page : 882 pages
File Size : 23,87 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Meteorology
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